The shelves
Library.
A book published in 1930 or earlier is in the public domain and can be read here in full; its face is its own title page. A later book is described, with what the held texts say about it.
Goals and control2 works
The Directiveness of Organic ActivitiesRussell, E. S.
1945
1945

The Directiveness of Organic Activities
Russell, E. S.
1945 · described
1945 · described
Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the MachineWiener, N.
1948
1948

Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine
Wiener, N.
1948 · described
1948 · described